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Conference Announcement "Indonesia and the New Challenges: Multiculturalism, Identity and Self Narration" 2nd International Graduate Students Conference on Indonesia Postgraduate School, Gadjah Mada University Yogyakarta (Indonesia) 3-4 November 2010 __________________________________________________ Contemporary Indonesia is going through a dynamic process of development changes but not without its complexities and multi perspective problems on its population self reflection. The democratic reforms have become a key springboard for the Indonesian people to struggle for their autonomy, rights, and freedom of expression. Because Indonesia is a multicultural society with the tremendous diversity in term of ethnicities, religions, social classes, political parties and gender orientation, this makes the situation a challenging one that needs to be analyzed systematically. Despite such diversities, the common practice of claiming for the sake of self and a particular group interest has been a dominant discourse in everyday life practice. Nevertheless, the robust role of media thus strengthens the struggle of different groups, who demands for their recognition in their everyday works of life. In this multicultural society, the question of identity has becoming a prominent subject of discussion. Identity seen as an ongoing human development process has challenged the definition of the mainstream view, which believes and defends the influence of nature on self. People are also starting to argue for their rights instead of their marginality. In particular, the people with different identities are asking to be recognized as subject in social practice. By that, the self narration is then utilized as an alternative in negotiating position and power. These are the new challenges in the contemporary Indonesia for the government, the practitioners, the academic community and the society at large to debate and reconcile for the betterment of a multi-cultural understanding in a pluralistic society. Keynote Speakers: - R.W. Connel (University of Sydney)) - Michael Feener (National University of Singapore) - Ariel Heryanto (Australia National University) Date and Venue: The conference will be held in the Postgraduate School of Gadjah Mada University (Sekolah Pascasarjana UGM), Jalan Teknika Utara Pogung Yogyakarta 55281, on the 3rd and 4th of November 2010. Languages: English and Indonesian Contact: Arum Candra Tel / Fax : +62 274 564239 Email : [email protected] Web: http://www.pasca.ugm.ac.id/en/news.php?news_id=80 __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
